Sheffield

plural Sheffields · alternative abbreviation Sheff.

1. countableuncountableA city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

   For much of the game, Sunderland was trailing 1-0 after Sheffield United took the lead early on through a sweeping counterattacking move finished off by Tyrese Campbell.

   2025 May 24, Issy Ronald, “Sunderland secures promotion to Premier League after winning ‘most valuable match’ in soccer with injury-time winner”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 May 2025

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   DCI Tom Barnaby: And how would you describe his present situation? Heather Beavers: Well, it's obvious. He's been astrally harvested. Barnaby: Then how do you explain a carving knife stuck in his chest? Beavers: A celestial lance. Barnaby: With 'Made in Sheffield' stamped on it?

   1998 May 6, Douglas Watkinson et al., “Death in Disguise”, in Midsomer Murders

   1. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of University of Sheffield.
2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4526).
3. countableuncountableA town in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.
4. countableuncountableA small village in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
5. A common placename in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA city in Colbert County, Alabama.
   2. countableuncountableA village in Bureau County, Illinois.
   3. countableuncountableA city in Franklin County, Iowa.
   4. countableuncountableA town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
   5. countableuncountableA neighbourhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
   6. countableuncountableA village in Lorain County, Ohio.
   7. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pecos County, Texas.
   9. countableuncountableA town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
6. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
7. countableslanguncountableknife, switchblade.